Algeria hostage rescue operation over: News agency
January 18, 2013  02:31
AFP reports: An Algerian army operation launched today to rescue national and foreign hostages seized by Islamist gunmen at a desert gas plant, which reportedly left dozens dead, is now over, Algerian media said.

The APS news agency said the assault on the Tigentourine gas complex, attacked by the Islamist gunmen a day earlier, had ended this evening, adding that no death toll had been given so far.

Communication Minister Mohamed Said confirmed earlier that kidnappers and hostages were killed in the operation, but declined to say how many.
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